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Webster 1913 Edition
Scumbling
Scum′bling
,Noun.
1.
(Fine Arts)
(a)
A mode of obtaining a softened effect, in painting and drawing, by the application of a thin layer of opaque color to the surface of a painting, or part of the surface, which is too bright in color, or which requires harmonizing.
(b)
In crayon drawing, the use of the stump.
2.
The color so laid on. Also used figuratively.
Shining above the brown
scumbling
of leafless orchards. L. Wallace.
Definition 2024
scumbling
scumbling
English
Verb
scumbling
- present participle of scumble
Noun
scumbling (plural scumblings)
- An application of scumbling; an opaque glaze.